November 18, 2024

Consumer Stories

Small business holiday focus in CSRA

The Columbia County Chamber of Commerce is promoting an event to support small businesses in a small pocket of the county in Harlem. Co-sponsored by Downtown Harlem, and the Harlem Merchants Association, “Heart of Harlem, Shop Small, Support Local” is set for Sat., Nov. 30. “But obviously, we’re all very familiar with the holiday season, Black Friday and that weekend after Thanksgiving as being the big shopping weekend,” Russell Lahodny, President and CEO of the Columbia County Chamber, explained for ABD. “Shop, Small Saturday is just that, that initiative to

Dana Lynn McIntyre November 18, 2024 No Comments

Consumer Stories

The Ups and Downs of Working Remotely in the CSRA

We didn’t have to look far to find someone who fits the remote worker demographics in Simon Medcalfe’s story for ABD. His report covered the statistics and profiles of remote workers in the Augusta Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). His sister-in-law checked all the boxes. Gwen Klemann is Gen X with a BA from Emory University and a Master’s degree from Boston University. She works in the Professional and Business Services division, the largest category of remote workers. Klemann is employed by Walton Isaacson, a major advertising agency based in Los

Mitzi Oxford November 18, 2024 No Comments

B2B Stories

Simon Says: Remote worker survey of Augusta employees

Nationally, 13.8% of workers worked from home in 2023. Pre-pandemic, this number was 5.7%. Coworking Mag explored demographic, income, education, and industry data from the Census Bureau to profile the average remote worker in the Augusta Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). In Augusta, 10.1% or more than 28,600 people in the workforce are remote workers. In tech-heavy cities such as Raleigh NC and Austin TX, remote workers make up almost 25 percent of the workforce. Of these remote workers, 63.6 percent are women, the second highest in the southeast behind Fayetteville

Dr. Simon Medcalfe November 18, 2024 No Comments

B2B Stories

Guest Column: Strong Roots Can Weather Any Storm

In Georgia, where farming is more than a livelihood—it’s a way of life—Hurricane Helene tested those roots like few storms before. As the nation’s top pecan-producing state, Georgia takes great pride in its orchards and the farmers who tend them year after year. But Helene’s impact has left farms and rural communities with billions in damage, impacting pecan orchards especially hard and disrupting the broader supply chain. For Stuckey’s, a company that relies on Georgia pecans for nearly all of our products, this has been a wake-up call about just

Stephanie Stuckey, Chair of Stuckey’s Pecans November 18, 2024 No Comments

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